[Epoch Times December 31, 2021](Interview and report by Epoch Times reporters Gu Qing’er and Gu Xiaohua) The COVID-19 epidemic in Xi’an, Shaanxi is still spreading. As the year 2022 is about to enter, the people in the epidemic area are unhappy, because they cannot obtain daily necessities, they all complain online: Xi’an is suffering from a famine. During the interview, some people criticized the authorities for lazy policies and implemented “one size fits all” quarantine, regardless of whether the people live or die.
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On the ninth day of the lockdown, the people of Xi’an criticized the government for lazy government
Today (December 31) has entered the ninth day of Xi’an’s closure of the city, and the local epidemic situation is still serious.
The Shaanxi Health Commission of the Communist Party of China reported on the 31st that on the 30th, Shaanxi had newly reported 165 local confirmed cases. Since December 9, there have been a total of 1,301 confirmed cases in the province, including 1,277 in Xi’an. (Note: Because the CCP is used to concealing the truth of the epidemic, official data are being questioned by the outside world.)
Xu Jianming (pseudonym), a resident of Muta Nanyuan in Yanta District, Xi’an, told the Epoch Times reporter on December 31 that after the news of the city closure, all people in Xi’an were rushing to buy vegetables, but the government called for not to buy or rob. This material is sufficient, so many people did not rush to buy or stock up on food.
Due to the warming of the epidemic, the local government’s control was upgraded on the 27th, saying that it “implements the most stringent social control measures.” Xu Jianming said that on the 28th, the village committee and the people from the property sealed the iron sheet (fence) there, and now the people are completely unable to get out. At that time, you could still line up to buy vegetables in the community, and then they would not sell them.
“I asked the staff that they were not allowed to buy food. Our family has basically run out of food. What do you want us to eat? The staff said,’I don’t care what you eat or drink, what should you eat or eat’.” Xu Jianming said at the time A few people came over to pull and said that they were going to catch him, but he stopped loudly.
That day, Xu Jianming only bought seven potatoes, two catties of meat, and a few tomatoes. He criticized that this time it was a problem of the lazy government of the Xi’an municipal government, and the authorities implemented epidemic isolation across the board. Now you can’t go outside to buy food, and you can’t bring it in. “You don’t want to eat anything and cut off the source of supplies. What should you do? There is no follow-up.”
Due to the inability to go out to buy and the shortage of local logistics and transportation manpower, people have complained on Weibo that “it is difficult to buy food in Xi’an,” “the eggs are running out of food,” and “food is about to run out”. These topics are on the hot search list.
Xu Jianming said, “I really didn’t expect this famine. My ancestry was from Yan’an. When I was a child, my grandparents told me about their famine. I didn’t expect that people in the 20th century would still encounter this’famine’. Now supplies It’s a doubling of prices.”
He said that the current complaints from the people in Xi’an are the problem of eating. The people rely on food. Now it’s okay to have millet to cook some porridge. If the rice is not enough, all the materials and vegetables in his family now add up. It can last for three to five days.
People in Xi’an on New Year’s Eve: I feel very sad
Yao Tianming (pseudonym), a resident who lives in the Xincheng District of Xi’an, has been working in Xi’an for two or three years. Starting on the 27th, the entire community where he lived was sealed.
Similar to the situation of office workers or co-rented tenants in Xi’an, Yao Tianming’s home basically has no conditions for cooking.
He said that the takeaways were gone in the past two days, and he could only rely on the things he stocked before, and he could last for a day or two. “I stock up some cooked food and bread, because I work, and I don’t usually cook at home, and I don’t have pots and pans.” He sighed and said, for the first time on New Year’s Eve, “That’s no way, continue eating today. Bread and instant noodles.”
He said that all stores in Xi’an are now closed and everything is sent by the government, but it is not enough. Officials say that there is no shortage of essential oils, salt, vegetables, and fruits, but the biggest problem is that people outside are not allowed to enter, people in the community are not allowed to sell, and they cannot be purchased. Many people are complaining about this now.
Yao Tianming has stayed at home since closing the city. He said, “It really feels very sad. I have experienced this once. I basically eat two meals a day, and I can eat enough. If I ate it the day after tomorrow and can’t buy anything, I would be even more panicked. “
Now, Yao Tianming is staring at whether he can place an order to buy something online, but the probability of being able to buy it is very low. He said that many people who come to Xi’an to look for work should be choking, have no place to live, and no income.
People in Xi’an “Protest” on the Internet
A local netizen said, “I suspect that Xi’an is not causing an epidemic, but a famine.” “All Chinese know that Xi’an is causing a plague, and only Xi’an people think it’s a famine.”
The netizen “sallylee_yoyo” said, “If you can do something real, you will starve to death, and you are still doing these fancy things. If you have time, hurry up and let the express Meituan Hema return to normal. Don’t let go out, at least online. Gotta have it! It’s useless to clean up every day. The people of Xi’an now have to fight famine every day in addition to fighting the epidemic and fighting hemorrhagic fever!”
“Still Zhang Xiaomo” said, “Going downstairs to buy food is like fighting a war. People who don’t know think Xi’an is a famine! An epidemic was not poisoned, but starved to death. It is not ashamed. The government is lazy across the board. The political style is really disappointing. In order to block the source of the poison, you can’t cut off the basic living security stuff? It’s so easy to take it, and I am embarrassed to fill the first line, not even the third line in the south!”
Netizens said, “Hey, give you a piece of chocolate” and said that for the first time I felt the magic management during the epidemic. Still not letting go out to buy things! It feels like a famine in the whole city now, it is extremely absurd!
“What does the news say about how many supplies are stored in Xi’an, dare you to say how to deliver them to the people, dare you to count how many people are hungry? Now all the dishes on the major platforms have been emptied, and there is no way to make an appointment for delivery.
“So many security guards watch that everyone is not letting out, and there are even forced elevator power outages! So many gatekeepers can’t arrange some food delivery to those who are out of food at home! There are many families with babies and pregnant women who are not nutritious. , I can’t buy anything! Is there anyone who has time to buy food, living on a few bags of instant noodles, one meal a day! There are so many elderly people living alone! How can people live! 2021, this flourishing age…”
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